Box 1
Contains 26 Results:
Shearman, David S. to wife Hepsa, 1832 - 1854
Affectionate letters. In 1847 he is in England on business. 1854 in Poughkeepsie where cholera has broken out; he thinks it is not contagious.
Shearman, Hepsa H. H. to husband David, 1846 - 1851
6 ALsS. Affectionate letters. Fragment of 1846 letter regarding illness of son, David Jr., who dies the following year. 1847 letter includes a note from daughter Mary Eliza who is studying with Aunt Dora, the other children attending Nine Partners School. 1849 Hepsa writes with great anxiety about her husband's voyage home from Liverpool under terrible weather conditions. Quarterly meeting, friends and family details.
Shearman, Abraham, Jr., to David S. Shearman, 1835 - 1842
Cousin Abraham Shearman, New Bedford, to David S. Shearman, Poughkeepsie. He worries about a French War and includes details about whaling, family and business as well as monthly meeting news and visiting minister. He mentions that he understands if David has given up whaling but recommends not so quickly.
Shearman, Capt. David S. correspondence received, 1835-1851, n.d.
Letters received, business and family. Letters from London mention Quaker ministers. 1850-1851 sent to Shearman who is at sea, including on the Horatio. Delano relations.
Howland, Hepsa Hathaway to Hepsa H H Shearman, 1835 - 1856
Hepsa Hathaway Howland (1792-1856), wife of Captain Pardon Howland (m. 1802) to her daughter, Hepsa Hathaway Howland Shearman. Most are from New Bedford with family news. Includes details of death of daughter Eliza L. (1808-1837).
McCoughtry, Hannah Howland to mother, Hepsa Hathaway Howland, 1835
Hannah (1818-1891), the younger sister of Hepsa H.H. Shearman, married Henry W. McCoughtry (1807-1861). They lived in Hawaii where he served as treasurer of the royal government
Taber, Hannah T. to David S. Shearman, 1820
From the sister of David S. Hannah Tucker Shearman, who married William C. Taber in 1819. Sent from New Bedford, to her brother on board ship.
Delano, Mary Howland and John Delano to Hepsa Shearman, 1837-1872, n.d.
ALsS from sister Mary Howland who married Captain John Delano of New Bedford. Includes whaling and sailing news, an undated letter urges Hepsa to visit for the Yearly Meeting.
Howland, Benjamin Franklin (1828-1900), 1852
2 ALsS, New Bedford from Benjamin Franklin Howland (1828-1900), brother of Hepsa H.H. Shearman. He had a varied career: worked as a seaman, then mining, and eventually operated a photographic studio in California and then Syracuse, NY.
Howland, Henry Stoddard, 1848 - 1856
Henry Stoddard Howland (1812-1877), brother of Hepsa H.H. Shearman, was a sea captain and then settled on a plantation in Hawaii. He married (first) Mary S. Howland.
